€2m heroin man gets 10 years

A Kildare man who was caught with €2m worth of heroin following a garda surveillance operation after a suspicious pallet was intercepted by customs officers has been jailed for 10 years.

Paul Drew (aged 24) of Ferns Close, Ferns Bridge, Monasterevin, was observed throughout the day driving in the vicinity of the vehicles that had been carrying the drugs and gardaí were satisfied that he was in charge of supervising its transportation.